The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . black, dusky, or ash-coloured. S. aurafus, Geof., is uniform bright golden yellow, with a blackpatch on each knee. The Simpai {S. melalophus, Cuv.) is of a very lively red; beneath white: its face is blue ;and a crest of black hairs reaches from one ear to the other. Some have the hair of the head turned up, forniinga sort of crest. All are from the islands of the Indian Ocean, and neighbouring regions of Asia.] The Macauues {Macacus, Desm.)—Possess, like the
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . black, dusky, or ash-coloured. S. aurafus, Geof., is uniform bright golden yellow, with a blackpatch on each knee. The Simpai {S. melalophus, Cuv.) is of a very lively red; beneath white: its face is blue ;and a crest of black hairs reaches from one ear to the other. Some have the hair of the head turned up, forniinga sort of crest. All are from the islands of the Indian Ocean, and neighbouring regions of Asia.] The Macauues {Macacus, Desm.)—Possess, like the Doucs, a fifth tubercle on their last molars, and callosities and cheek-pouches likethe true Monkeys. Their limlis are shoiter and stouter than in the former; their muzzle is moreelongated, and the superciliary ridge more pronunent than in either the one or the other. Tliough docilewhen young, they become unmanageable with age. They have all a sac which communicates with * I hnvc availed myself of this opportunity to ifivclist of the Colol/i tlian lias hitherto been npletc t The of thithe other Uoucs.— KgtailedBalDOoiL. Black Baboon.
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